4 arrested in murder of St. Cloud-area woman

Two men and two women have been charged with the murder last week of a 59-year-old woman near Lake Lizzie, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.

Anita Louise Smith's body was found early Thursday next to a car holding a critically injured man outside her St. Cloud-area home.

The injured man was identified Monday as Patrick Bacon, 25, of Orlando who was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center shortly after deputies arrived at the Lake Lizzie Drive home. He remains in critical condition.

Anita Louise Smith's family called 9-1-1 when she disappeared after leaving the house to check on a suspicious car in the yard, according to the sheriff's office.

Bacon was found in the driver seat of a 2007 Dodge Charger, while Smith's body was found nearby on the ground. Evidence found in the vehicle indicated a drug rip-off and identified David Eugene Smith and Cody Lee White as the killers, according to the sheriff's office.

Anita Louise Smith was not related to David Eugene Smith, according to the sheriff's office.

Smith and White fled the killing in a vehicle driven by their girlfriends, Kaitlyn Alissa Robare, 22, and Brandy Leigh Taylor, 18, both of St. Cloud.

Detectives determined Bacon injured during a drug deal and Anita Louise Smith was shot as she approached the car.

Smith, 20, and White, 19, were charged with murder, attempted felony murder, attempted armed robbery while in possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Robare and Taylor were charged with accessory after the fact, according to the sheriff's office.